All posts tagged "diplomacy"
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4.5K1Arts and LeisureHow Hartford’s Ancient Burying Ground Was Saved by the Gold Street Lady
The Ancient Burying Ground, the oldest historic site in Hartford, contains the remains of 6,000 early men, women and children who settled...
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5.5K4MassachusettsTisquantum Mediates Peace to Benefit the Pilgrims, the Wampanoag and Himself
In 1624, England was hungry for news from its colonies and Edward Winslow provided it. His Good Newse From New England told...
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18.1K9Today's History Highlights Archive6 Places With Indian Curses
Curses were a fact of life in early colonial America. With limited scientific knowledge, spiritual beliefs reigned supreme. And many believed that...
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11.0K2MassachusettsJohn Adams Was A Tiger Dad. So Was John Quincy.
John Adams and John Quincy Adams may be tied for the honor of worst presidential father, or ‘Tiger Dad,’ according to Joshua...
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25.4K4New HampshireThe Mysterious Death of Tobias Lear
Tobias Lear meticulously recorded the details of George Washington’s death, but was strangely silent about the events leading to his own. As...
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15.9K6MaineThe High Comedy of the (Bloodless) Aroostook War
If only all wars could be like the Aroostook War, a boundary dispute fought mostly with fists rather than cannon. The conflict featured...
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3.7K4New HampshireJohn Langdon: New Hampshire’s Early Revolutionary
As a merchant and ship owner, it was not at all difficult to persuade John Langdon that the British needed to be...
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3.3K2MassachusettsApril 27, 1788: John Quincy Adams Goes to Meeting
On April 27, 1788, John Quincy Adams was a 21-year-old Harvard graduate studying law with Theophilus Parsons in Newburyport, Mass. He’d returned home from...
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10.6K11MassachusettsMassasoit Visits Plymouth for Trade and a Peace Treaty
Around 11 am on March 22, 1621, a fine warm day, two Wampanoag Indians appeared in the village of Plymouth with a...
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4.6K11ConnecticutJoel Barlow, Connecticut Farm Boy, Makes Good With Bad Poetry
The early American Republic was a perfect setting for an ambitious man like Joel Barlow. Born in modest circumstances, he achieved the...
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